Nestlé Purina PetCare has acquired natural pet food brand Lily’s Kitchen, the UK’s leading producer of premium wet and dry natural foods for dogs and cats. Their product range perfectly complements Purina’s existing brand portfolio. Established 12 years ago in founder Henrietta Morrison’s kitchen in London, Lily’s Kitchen has become an internationally recognized GBP 85…
by Pet News Scientists have mapped the genome of the German shepherd, one of the world’s most popular canine breeds, after using a blood sample from ‘Nala,’ a healthy five-year-old German shepherd living in Sydney. In a paper published today in respected ‘big data’ journal GigaScience , a global team of researchers from institutions including…
Scil Animal Care is headquartered in Germany and distributes in 24 countries Animal health technology company Covetrus has finalized its divestment of its Scil Animal Care business to Heska Corp., in a deal totaling $110 million. Headquartered in Germany, Scil is a veterinary diagnostics company that distributes in 24 countries. “The Scil business is in…
March 10, 2020 dvm360 Staff The voluntary recall was prompted by elevated calcium levels in several lots of chicken, turkey and rabbit feed. The FDA has announced the recall of four Purina Animal Nutrition feed products due to elevated calcium levels. According to the FDA notice, customers have said that the affected products may have…
March 20, 2020 dvm360 Staff This independent organization is at the forefront of heartworm disease monitoring. Michael Pettigrew / stock.adobe.com The Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) has served as a timely, credible and accurate provider of information about the prevalence, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of parasitic infections since 2002. As an independent, nonprofit organization…
photo: penyushkin / stock.adobe.com dvm360 Staff The noninvasive and cost-effective tool will help veterinarians identify the cause of canine chronic enteropathy and monitor a dog’s response to treatment over time. Antech Diagnostics (part of Mars Petcare) has announced the completion of its final study of a new blood test for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Chronic…
When it comes to developing a vaccine for feline infectious peritonitis, things are a bit complex to say the least March 5, 2020 By Steve Dale In his 1991 book, Feline Husbandry: Diseases and Management in the Multiple-cat Environment, Pedersen offered no information regarding a treatment for FIP. “How could we? There was none. We didn’t…
Zoetis grows diagnostics franchise with Ethos; Idexx shutters Marshfield satellites February 21, 2020 By Jennifer Fiala A number of regional, independent reference laboratories catering to US veterinarians have sold in recent months to national corporations, each jockeying for market share in a $ 2.6 billion industry that analysts predict will generate double-digit growth from…
Lab technician holding a Petri dish (stock image). Credit: © angellodeco / Adobe Stock Date: February 12, 2020 Source: McMaster University Summary: A new group of antibiotics with a unique approach to attacking bacteria has been discovered, making it a promising clinical candidate in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. The newly-found corbomycin…
February 14, 2020 By Edie Lau Pets a new focus of FDA campaign to slow drug resistance Up to now, efforts in the veterinary sector by the US Food and Drug Administration to curb pathogens’ development of resistance to drugs have been directed toward animals raised for food. Now it’s Fido’s and Tabby’s turn.…
